Sunglasses For Your Whiskey - Altman returns to OpenAI, Half-Life turns 25

On this episode of Windows Weekly, Leo, Paul, and Richard dive deep into the latest OpenAI/Microsoft partnership drama involving Sam Altman's position. They also discuss upcoming EU regulations and their impact on Microsoft products, evaluate NVIDIA's record-breaking Q3 earnings, and reminisce about the classic PC FPS Half-Life.
And you thought AI was already controversial...
• On Friday, OpenAI’s board suddenly and unexpectedly fired CEO Sam Altman, kicking off several days of unprecedented high drama
• OpenAI president and board chairman Greg Brockman announced that he was quitting in protest
• Microsoft announced it had hired Altman and Brockman over the weekend
• 95 percent of OpenAI employees threatened to quit if Altman did not come back
• Altman began negotiating his return to OpenAI (and major governance changes)
• Altman is once again CEO of OpenAI
• Key takeaway: No matter what happens, Microsoft wins
• Wrong takeaway: Nothing changed
Windows
• Windows 11 is about to get awesome in the EEA
• WHY IS WINDOWS 11 ONLY GOING TO BE AWESOME IN THE EEA???
• Microsoft confirms that Copilot is coming to Windows 10 too. “No new features, my ass!”
• Copilot begins rolling out to Windows 10 in Insider Program
• Release Preview: Copilot in Alt + Tab and on other displays, limited Copilot with local account, DMA compliance, Windows Spotlight changes
• Canary: Disable Phone Link in the Bluetooth settings, display Teams contacts in the Windows share window when signed in with a Microsoft Entra ID
• Dev: Narrator improvements, File Explorer fixes (wait for it)
• Redmond, we have a problem. With Windows Hello
Earnings learning
• NVIDIA continues to soar on AI (Winner)
• Zoom has settled back down to reality
• HP stumbles through its fourth quarter and FY2023: AI PCS FTW in late 2024!
• Lenovo stumbles too, but explicitly predicts industry recovery
Antitrust
• Apple, ByteDance, and Meta contest their DMA gatekeeper designations
Xbox
• Half-Life turned 25 last weekend and Valve finally remembered it exists
• Nvidia’s GeForce Now adds Microsoft Store, PC Game Pass, and Ubisoft+ integration - over 1700 games now
• Amazon Luna comes to France, Italy, and Spain
• Next Call of Duty leaks!
Tips and Picks
• Tip of the week: Ignite’s over, but the videos are forever
• App pick of the week: Half-Lif
• RunAs Radio this week: Azure Operator Nexus with Jennelle Crothers
• Brown liquor pick of the week: Willett Wheated 8 Year Bourbon
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